Home
Languagevs


Maithili vs English


English vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
India, Nepal  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Nepal  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Hello  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Good Night  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Good Morning  

Please
kripaya  
Please  

Sorry
maf karai  
Sorry  

Bye
Alavidā  
Bye  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
I love you  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
American English  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
North India  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
33
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
English  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Not Available  

French Name
maithili  
anglais  

German Name
Maithili  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14th century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Standard English  

Language Position
40  
31
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
eng  

ISO 639 3
mai  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
mait1250  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Maithili and English Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and English language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maithili and English Language History.

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

Maithili and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maithili and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and English language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maithili vs English Difficulty

The Maithili vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maithili and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn